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The significant scale up and success of Transmission Assessment Surveys 'TAS' for endgame surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Bangladesh: One step closer to the elimination goal of 2020
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh had one of the highest burdens of lymphatic filariasis (LF) at the start of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) with an estimated 70 million people at risk of infection across 34 districts. In total 19 districts required mass drug administration (MDA...
Autores principales: | Shamsuzzaman, A. K. M., Haq, Rouseli, Karim, Mohammad J., Azad, Motasim B., Mahmood, A. S. M. Sultan, Khair, Abul, Rahman, Muhammad Mujibur, Hafiz, Israt, Ramaiah, K. D., Mackenzie, Charles D., Mableson, Hayley E., Kelly-Hope, Louise A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28141812 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005340 |
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